Black Wax presents:

Done Everything We Wanna Do

Eddie & The Hot Rods

O2 Academy Islington, London, GB

SOLD OUT

Black Wax and Vive Le Rock present DONE EVERYTHING WE WANNA DO

A celebration of Eddie & The Hot Rods Featuring Rods past & present and special guests

‘When the band started in ’75 nobody imagined that 40 odd years later we would still be touring the world.’

Formed in Essex in 1975, The Rods are still led by original singer Barrie Masters - often confused as ‘Eddie’ who was in fact the bands mascot during their early years. Their live shows became the thing of legend, as documented on the ‘live at the Marquee’ ep in ’76. The Rods were one of the first bands to be described by the music press as ‘punk’ and in ’77, with the addition of Graeme Douglas on guitar and songwriting, they hit the UK top 10 with the anthemic ‘Do Anything You Wanna Do.’

The original band of Masters, Douglas, bassist Paul Gray, guitarist Dave Higgs and drummer Steve Nicol released 3 full length albums. Paul Gray left the band and joined The Damned in 1980. With Tony Cranney taking over bass duties the Rods released Fish N Chips for EMI in 1980, but by the end of 1981 the band was over.

The 80s and 90s saw a few different revived line ups of the Rods both on stage and in the studio, but it was in 2001 that the line up of Barrie Masters along with Simon Bowley (drums), Dipster Dean (bass) and Gary Loker (guitar) joined with John Otway guitarist Richard Holgarth. Following Loker’s departure Chris Taylor joined on guitar in preparation for the band’s 30th Anniversary album ‘Been There Done That’ in 2006. The current line up has enjoyed 17 years touring the world over, introducing new material into their set pleasing old fans and finding new along the way.

Rods new and old joined forces in 2014 to pay tribute to guitarist Dave Higgs who passed away in 2013. The 40th anniversary of the Rods in 2015 saw the ‘classic’ lineup of Gray, Douglas and Nicol join Masters for 2 special shows in Essex and London with Holgarth contributing in place of Dave Higgs.

Join us as Rods past & present and a host of special guests celebrate Eddie & The Hot Rods in a one off evening not to be missed.

TICKET INFO O2 Pre sale Monday 3rd September General sale Wednesday 5th September

Limited VIP Packages Sold Out.

*Aftershow Party at Slim Jim's Liquor Store 122 Upper Street

Line Up

One of the most highly influential and recognisable names from the English Rock scene, Eddie & The Hot Rods have enjoyed a career that has now spanned nearly 40 years.

Although often categorised as one of the founding fathers of the punk era, they were simply interested in playing loud, fast, in your face Rock ‘n’ Roll rather than bad mouthing the Queen or fermenting anarchy. The energy and attitude certainly endeared them to the punks, but the hard and fast style that made Eddie & The Hot Rods one of the most exciting bands of the era has never really dated or gone out of style.

Eddie & The Hot Rods were included in the Mojo Top 100 of most influential bands and they are often cited as an inspiration for some of the high profile new bands – young Irish rockers, The Strypes being one example.

Thanks to this enduring appeal, the band still tour all over the world as well as find time to write and record new material that now joins their classic back catalogue. Lead as ever by Barrie Masters, the line up of Simon Bowley (drums) Dipster (bass) Richard Holgarth (guitar) and Chris Taylor (guitar) has been on the road almost continuously for the last 10 years, serving up a high energy mix of those classic Eddie & The Hot Rods songs including “Teenage Depression”, “Quit This Town”, “Life On The Line”, “Gloria” and the Top Ten UK “Do Anything You Wanna Do”, alongside newer songs taken from their last two studio albums, including “Better Without You”, “Bad Time Again” and “Why Should I Care”.

Recently, Eddie & The Hot Rods have been seen out and about with Status Quo on their 2012 arena tour and often with old friends like Nine Below Zero, Dr Feelgood and From The Jam and as well as regular trips to Europe, will embark on their 5th headline USA tour in Oct 2014. Whether it’s in an Arena, Theatre, Club or Festival, Eddie & The Hot Rods always deliver a blisteringly energetic blast of good old Rock ‘n’ Roll.

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